Darren Clarke Joining 2014 PGA Tour.
European Tour stocks will be diminished further next year with Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke joining the 2014 PGA Tour.
Joining Clarke will be Spain’s Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano while a US-based report also stated Thorbjorn Olesen will be joining the Tour but this is untrue as confirmed this morning by the Dane.
Clarke earned a 5-year PGA Tour exemption in capturing the 2011 Open Championship while ‘Gonzo’ and Olesen have earned enough this season to earn their tour card ...
McGinley Facing Possible Rethink Of Vice-Captains With Olazabal Lukewarm With Gleneagles Role.
European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley may have to reconsider his Gleneagles vice-captains with Jose Maria Olazabal, and Europe’s victorious 2012 Medinah captain, lukewarm to idea of being a member of his support team.
McGinley’s surprise appointment of Olazabal and Scotland’s Sam Torrance as rival captains Seve Trophy captains next month in Paris is now seen by many as the first step in the pair working under McGinley as 2014 Ryder Cup vice-captains.
And while Torrance, who ...
Padraig Harrington Missing ‘Fear’ In His Game As He Edges Closer To Dropping Outside Top-100.
With triple Major winning Padraig Harrington now close to dropping outside the World’s top-100 for a first time in 16 years the Irishman confessed he’s lost a ‘fear’ in his game as he also seeks to end a five-year winless drought at this week’s KLM Open at Zandvoort.
Harrington is competing in the Dutch premier event for a first occasion in 11 years since finishing third at Hilversum in 2002 though this is the 42-year olds first visit to the links-like Kennemer course located ...
Colsaerts In A Better Place Heading Into 2014 Ryder Cup Than Two Years Ago.
Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts admits he’s in a better place heading into the 2014 European Ryder Cup qualifying campaign than he was two years ago.
Colsaerts is returning to competition at this week’s KLM Open, and a Kennemer golf course he remembers playing when he was just 15 years old, after a month’s break since he last tournament being finishing well down in the PGA Championship at Oak Hill.
The premier Dutch event is the third for Gleneagles qualifying in a 12-month long ...
Jimenez Looking To Break His Own ‘Oldest Player’ Record & Capture Second KLM Open Title In 9 Years.
He describes himself like a bottle of Rioja wine – just gets better with age!
However Miguel Angel Jimenez tees up in this week’s KLM Open determined to extend his record as the European Tour’s oldest-ever champion in winning a second Dutch title and nine years after a first.
“Next January I will be 50 but then I don’t find it a difficult thing still to be competitive out here,” he said.
“I finished fifth last week in Switzerland and thought I had a good chance of winning but ...
Rebecca Artis Learning From Being Taken Under The Wings Of Laura Davies Heading Into Evian Masters – Exclusive By Agathe Seron
Australian-born rookie Rebecca Artis has drawn on the support and guidance of one of the greats of women’s golf when she makes her maiden appearance in this week’s Evian Masters.
The 24-year old from the New South Wales country town of Coonabarabran qualified for the new Major Championship in women’s golf after defeating hometown hero and recent Solhiem Cup victorious star Caroline Hedwall last week in Sweden.
Artis then got her first look at the French Alps course on Tuesday when ...
Tiger Woods & Rory McIlroy Set To Lock Horns In The Match At Mission Hills.
Tiger Woods will be looking to get square over Rory McIlroy when the pair go head-to-head in “The Match at Mission Hills” on October 28th at Hainan Island off the coast of China.
Last year, McIlroy narrowly won the Duel at Lake Jinsha and now the marvelous Mission Hills complex and the highly acclaimed Blackstone Course will see the 18-time Major winning Woods compete against the double Major winning McIlroy.
While Woods has never been to Hainan Island, McIlroy is no stranger to the course ...
